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  • Directional Thermal Diffusi...
    Wei, Meng; Shi, Xiao‐Lei; Zheng, Zhuang‐Hao; Li, Fu; Liu, Wei‐Di; Xiang, Li‐Ping; Xie, Yang‐Su; Chen, Yue‐Xing; Duan, Jing‐Yi; Ma, Hong‐Li; Liang, Guang‐Xing; Zhang, Xiang‐Hua; Fan, Ping; Chen, Zhi‐Gang

    Advanced functional materials, 11/2022, Letnik: 32, Številka: 45
    Journal Article

    Inorganic films possess much higher thermoelectric performance than their organic counterparts, but their poor flexibilities limit their practical applications. Here, Sb2Te3/Tex hybrid thin films with high thermoelectric performance and flexibility, fabricated via a novel directional thermal diffusion reaction growth method are reported. The directional thermal diffusion enables rationally tuning the Te content in Sb2Te3, which optimizes the carrier density and leads to a significantly enhanced power factor of >20 µW cm–1 K–2, confirmed by both first‐principles calculations and experiments; while dense boundaries between Te and Sb2Te3 nanophases, contribute to the low thermal conductivity of ≈0.86 W m–1 K–1, both induce a high ZT of ≈1 in (Sb2Te3)(Te)1.5 at 453 K, ranking as the top value among the reported flexible films. Besides, thin films also exhibit extraordinary flexibility. A rationally designed flexible device composed of (Sb2Te3)(Te)1.5 thin films as p‐type legs and Bi2Te3 thin films as n‐type legs shows a high power density of >280 µW cm–2 at a temperature difference of 20 K, indicating a great potential for sustainably charging low‐power electronics. A high ZT of ≈1 at 453 K is achieved in an inorganic Sb2Te3/Te hybrid thin film via a novel directional thermal diffusion reaction growth method with extraordinary flexibility, and the rationally designed flexible device shows a high power density by a low‐temperature difference.